College News, 1922-05-17, Vol. 08, No. 24

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Copxrighi, 1922, by Till CoU.101 News
Volume VIII.    No.'24.
BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17,   1922
Price 10 Cents

FRESHMAN NIGHT IS-RIOTOUS
. ODD-EVEN FEELING RUNS HIGH
Parodies   Sung   at   Senior   Singing
Receive Much Applause
* Last Friday's Freshman Night was, ac-
cording to the old tradition, both riotou?
and sleepless. Although on account of
official prohibition there could be no campus
demonstration, the halls vied with each
other in creating messes.
The  Sophomores .in   Merion were  more
surprised    than    pleased   to   find   a   little
greased pig in a bed room, while the shoes
of the  Denbigh Seniors were arranged ir
procession  leading to their  favorite meet
ing    place.      In    Radnor " K.    Van Bibbei
turned the tables on 1925 by pretending U
iaint - after-an. attack   upon,  her   by   lh(
Freshmen, and Rockefeller capped-the cli
max 'with two midnight fire drills.    Fresh
men   parodies   received   much   applause  a>
Senior   singing,   while   the   Even's   songs
were   accompanied   by   discords   from   C
Kemak's accordion.
.Caroline Kemak was toastmistress foi
Freshman Supper, which was held in Pem-
broke. J. Gregory made a speech on "The
Line of Most Resistance," and L. Boyd
spoke on the vicissitudes e>f being engaged
S. Cary was toasted as the .class baby, and
E. Glessner made a. few remarks appro-
priate to the "class fool."
Sophomores  Enjoy  Impromptu  Duets
The entertainment at the Sophomore
banquet, held in Rockefeller, was entirely
impromptu, various members of the class
being called on for songs and speeches.
K. Gallwey and .\I. Russell, two of "24's
best known "mutes," were asked for i.
duct. M. Faries and M. Smith sang z
unique song which was followed by ar.
original version of "I Ain't Nobody's
Darling," sung by H. Mills and E. Davies
One of the most applauded numbers was
a song by B. Pearson, "Gee, But It's Great
to Be Crazy!"
Short speeches made the class officers
were followed by general singing of ath-
letic and class songs, after which the class
went to dance in the gymnasium.
Pembroke-West Wins First Prize in
Hall  Fire Drill Competition
Pembroke;West has been a\varded
first prize, and Radnor second, as the
result of the competition fire drills held
during the last two weeks. The rank-
ing order of the other halls is Rocke-
feller, Pembre>ke-F.ast, Merion, and
Denbigh.
The drills, which were judged by
/Miss Barrett, warden of Rockefeller,
Mr. Dougherty, and. M. Ecroyd. '22,
head fire captain, were rated accord-
ing to dress, order, and time. Pem-
broke-West, which ranks first, was very
quick and well' equipped in responding
to the drill, while in Radnor the order
was exceptionally good, according to
Miss   Ecroyd.
The prized, which consist of the
money collected as fines from all the
halls, may "be used by the winners
either for books or for hall parties.
TEACHING   NATURAL   PROFES-
SION FOR WOMEN
DR.   WINSLOW   GIVES   LECTURE   ON
PRESENT   DAY   HEALTH   PROBLEMS
Bad Conditions in Europe are Graphically
Described
Giving a detailed account of what the
public health movement has to combat, Dr.
C. A. E. Winslow, of Yale University,
spoke, under the auspices of the Science
Club, in Taylor Hall last Saturday eve-
ning, on "Health Problems in Europe and
America."
"Typhus is carried by vermin," said Dr.
Winslow, "and has attacked all the small
village in Russia and Poland, where sani-
tary conditions -have been impossible." He
explained that diseases of. this type can be
controlled through sanitation, conquering
the environment, and that great headway
against the typhus in Poland has been made
since the government has started this sani-
tation work and established hospitals.
The next group of diseases specified by
Dr. Winslow were those spread through
direct contact�respiratory infection. He
added that the two ways of control
are through isolation and immunity. Iso-
lation has not been very successful be-
cause of the difficulty of getting the dis-
eases in their very early stages. The
precautions other than isolation taken for
influenza are useless, but serums and
vaccines have been discovered and are still
being discovered which will check these
diseases.
"The third phase and the most impor-
tant," said Dr. Winslow, "is illustrated by
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Importance of Special Training For
Teachers Emphasized
" "Teaching is the natural profession of
women, said Mrs. Allen, head of the Roger
Ascham School, at the second Vocational
Conference lecture held last Wednesday.
Mrs. Allen explained that the reason why
women arc such good teachers is because
�their greatest interest is in pce>pfe. "They
can't get away from it," she said. "Mar-
riage is the natural job of women, but
every person needs an individual and per-
sonal profession to develop minor talents,
and as an occupation after marriage has
been thoroughly learned. But women must
not make the mistake of looking on a
profession with the mannish distortion of
thinking the professiem to be all in all."
Mrs. Allen enumerated se>me of the dis-
advantages of teaching, but she claimed
that the advantages far emtweighed them.
"It is a cheerful, healthy job, and alto-
gether impersonal. It puts in use all your
taleijts and interests. It is the Surest kind
of social service and the best repaid. Al-
though we do not always see tangible re-
sults, vet we know we are accomplishing
something."
Mrs. Allen stressed the importance of
training. "You can take two years at a
teachers' school as soon as you leave col-
lege, but it is better to have a year or so
of practical work first. If you have had
practical experience your training will be
much, more valuable. Women without
training are ne> longer wanted. Teaching
has ceased to be an instinctive art and has
become an embryo science. We have at
last begun to disce>ver hbw to find out
what we want to know."
BRYN MAWR TO CELEBRATE
MOLIERE TERCENTENARY
Specially Contributed by Miss Schcnk
I-cs Precieuses Ridicules, Moliere's
comedy on the follies of flappers in 168�,
will be given in the gymnasium on May
20th, as Bryh Mawr's tribute te> Moliere in
the year of his Tercentenary.
The principal part, the valet, Masqucrille,
masquerading as a marquis at the behest
of his master, who had received ill-treat-
ment at the hands of the Precieuses, will
be played, by Mademoiselle Maud Rey, a
very competent actress, and a pupil of
JacquCs Copeau, of the Theatre du Vieux
Colombiers, in Paris. Another competent
actress, Miss Kathleen Kelly, wi(LpIay the
second valet, Jodelet. Mademoiselle Tro-
tain and Mademoiselle Guignon will be the
two Precieuses; Mademoiselle Pardc, the
Seigneur du Croisy.
"PATRIOTISM IS NOT ENOUGH"
NOTE OF PEACE MEETING
German, French and English Women
Plead for international Spirit
"I have had an object lesson in the
need for. international 'cdiica ion during
discussions of the rehabilitatiem of Europe
which I have heard here in America,'
said Mrs. Annot Robinson, a distin
guished labor leader of England, whe
spoke at the Ritz, la-i Monday* undei
the auspices of the, Women's Intcrna
tional League for Peace and Freedom
From the same platform spoke Mile
-Therese Pottechcr-Arnould, of. France
and Fraulein Gertrud Baer, of Germany
both leaders in their own countries ol
liberal and pacifist thought.
Mrs Robinson was loudly applauded
when she said at the beginning of her
speech, "1 regret deeply that there is no
representative here from Russia." Aftci
sketching the work of the League in
Great Britain, since its formation, in
1015, she went on to say that the woimn
of England accepted the suffrage fran
chisc. with a sense of great responsi
bility.
"They felt that nursing the wounded
and caring for the maimed is not enough
in modern times. They began to think
of how they might use their ncvvly-wor.
power for stopping war."
"As Edith Cavcll saiel on the eve oi
her execution," Mrs. Robinson went on
"'Patriotism is not enough.' The inter
national point of view is, I think, to be
the contribution of the woman voter tc
the statesmanship of the world."
Mile. Pottechcr-Arnould, the liexl
speaker, is a graduate of the L'nivcrsit>
of Paris, and an ardent believer in the
possibility of international understanding
through the literary and artistic inter
course.     She  said:
"I� am here as a revolutionary, a paci
fist revolutionary. Christianity, as you
know, was a revolution, and I believe
that the greatest revolutions are those ol
ideas and ieleals.
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LIBERAL CLUB SECURES
NOTED PACIFIST SPEAKER
John Hayne Holmes Talks on Gandhi
and His Non-Co-Operative
Movement
BIG AUDIENCE HEARS LECTURE
PENN  DEFEATS  BRYN   MAWR  IN
FENCING  MEET THURSDAY
Bess  Pearson, '24,  Victorious Over All
Her  Opponents      �
' Winning five out of nine matches, the
University of Pennsylvania defeated Bryn
Mawr in the fencing meet helel in the gym-
nasihm last Thursday.
"The fencing has decidedly improved
since the last meet," said Mr. TcTroni,
fencing master, "and the colleges arc very
closely matched. Miss Pearson is probabb
the'best fencer, as she has superior form
and co-ordination.'
"The bouts between Pennsylvania and
Bryn Mawr have provided the first oppor-
tunity in the world fur- intercollegiate
fencing among women," Mr. Tcrroni ex-
plained. "In feiur years, one can develop
fine skill, and these college girls have
studied seriously enough ?o make it well
worth their while to continue; for fencing
is more than a game, it is a science. Its
ideal is to^levclope the resources of body
and mind�to teach excellent co-ordination.
Th* romantic view e>f it, "which most peo-
ple hold, is wrong, because fencing is really
scientific. We are trying to teach the
right viewpont, as well as the technique,
which is necessaty f-o'r goe>d   fencing."
C. A. LAYS PLANS FOR WELCOMING
NEXT YEAR'S FRESHMEN -
A formal reception, instead of the skit
given this year, is being planned by the
Membership Committee to welcome next
year's   Freshmen.
Gaildhi, "the greatest spiritual, leader
within a thousand years," "A man with
the largest organized following that has
ever been known," "One who may fire
the world with a new vision," witli� his
history anel his message, was described
by Dr. John Hayne Holmes, last Sun-
day,   at   a   meeting   by   the   ste>ac   bench
behind   Denbigh._______________
Although Dr. Holmes has never sp
with or seen Gandhi, he has studied him
carefully since he first became interested
in him through an article of Professor
Gilbert Murray's, in 1917. From a book
of fugitive writings of Gandhi's, which
soon came into his hands, he came to
consider him comparable to St. Francis
of Asissi, Tolstoi and Jesus. Gandhi
is, Dr. Holmes believes, essentially the
leader of a religious movement rather
than a nationalistic one. "We classify
him with Washington and Garbaldi, but
we arc wrong, for'hc is before all else
a man who lives in the spirit with the
vision and the power of an oriental
mystic."
J)r. Holmes began by drawing a pic-
ture* of how (iandhi would look if wc
had seen him recently in India. "Stand-
ing upon his little stand, he would be
surrounded by from 25,000 to 100,000
people. He is an unimpressive figure,
weighing less than 100 pounds and
dressed in simple cotton shirt and
drawers; even his voice is unimpressive,
the high feminine voice of an Oriental,
but his eyes burn with a strange vivid
lustre. Perhaps we could not find him
easily, for he frequently goes into se-
clusion far away from even the smallest
village; even here, though, he is sur-
rounded by the multitude who have left
their homes on a pilgrimage to be near
him. During these periods of seculsion
anel indeed, at all other times as well,
Gandhi practices the greatest abstinence,
eating nothing but rice, and this in such
small quantities that he is often so weak
that he must address his audiences sit-
ting. Since youth he has not slept in a
bed, even during his stay in the cold
English climate, Jhid he frequently under-
goes  long   fasts."
As to his history, Dr. Holmes said,
Gandhi was born in the sixties, a mem-
ber of the third caste, or bourgoisic.
His father, who was a political figure
of some importance, and extremely
wealthy, had his boy educated and sent
to England to complete his studies .in
the law. Already Gandhi had undergone
a great religious experience, as a result
of which he made what Dr. Holmes
considereel the first of his four tremen-
dous sacrifices by becoming a member of
the Yiin sect, which is vowed to chastity,
and abstinence from wine and meat. On
his return to India came the second sac-
rifice, the determination to-give up all
property, and the third to abandon the
idea of being a lawyer. This third sac-
rifice was the direct result of the teach-
ings of Tolstoi, Thorcau and the New
Testament, ,ahel from then on Gandhi.be-
came definitely a religious leader. In
1893 Gandhi went to South Africa, where
he lived for twenty years in voluntary
exile, trying to help, the Hindu immi-
grants in their conflict with the British.
This fight, Dr. Holmes said, opened a
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